“Woody Durham is the epitome of a professional broadcaster, who just so happened to als
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Win a pre-publication galley of Woody Durham: A Tar Heel Voice:
“Woody Durham is the epitome of a professional broadcaster, who just so happened to also love the Tar Heels as much as he did his craft. He prepared for each game as if it were the national championship and spoke about each player and coach with an enthusiasm that connected them to his listeners in a unique way. Woody helped bring the Tar Heels to life for generations of Carolina fans.”
—Roy Williams
“Woody Durham had a unique passion for North Carolina sports. He was Mr. Loyalty, and this book clearly provides the details of his love affair with UNC!”
—Dick Vitale
From 1971 to his retirement in 2011, Woody Durham was the “Voice of the Tar Heels,” the play-by-play radio announcer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Our State magazine once said: “To his listeners, he’s what powder blue sounds like.”
In this autobiography, Woody takes the reader on a nostalgic stroll down memory lane—from his descriptions of a sleepy Franklin Street in Chapel Hill and the days of football legend ChooChoo Justice to the enormous changes in college sports and how they are covered to his dozens of behind-the-scenes stories about the coaches and players he worked with during his tenure. An appendix offers Woody’s thoughts on every football and basketball player he covered who has an honored jersey at UNC.
As coauthor Adam Lucas describes in his acknowledgments: “This book is about [Woody’s] life, but for many of us, it’s also about an era of Tar Heel sports—one that we heard through him.”
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